New Zealand Acts

COMMERCE ACT 1986 - SECT 52ZA

52ZA Process for appeals

1 Any appeal under section 52Z must be brought within 20 working days after the date on which the input methodology determination is published.

2 The appeal must be by way of rehearing and must be conducted solely on the basis of the documentary information and views that were before the Commission when it made its determination, and no party may introduce any new material during the appeal.

3 The High Court must sit with 2 lay members (unless the court considers that only 1 is required).

4 Each of the lay members must have relevant experience and be appointed from the pool of people appointed under section 77 to be members of the court for the purpose of hearing the appeal.

5 Section 77 applies, and section 77(14) is not limited by subsection (3) of this section.

History: Section 52ZA: inserted, on 14 October 2008, by section 4 of the Commerce Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 70).